Thursday, July 2, 2015

First of all, this Prezi presentation will show us the most important terms and then we'll look into the ones that need further explanation.

As you can see, many names of criminals derive from the crime words, or the other way around. There are also verbs associated with them:

CRIME

CRIMINAL

VERB

burglary

burglar

burgle

robbery

robber

rob

murder

murderer

murder

mugging

mugger

mug

kidnapping

kidnapper

kidnap

smuggling

smuggler

smuggle

bribery

briber

bribe

shoplifting

shoplifter

shoplift

pickpocketing

pickpocket

pickpocket

forgery

forger

forge

For the difference between rob and steal, have a look at this blog post.

Murderer and killer both mean "someone who deliberately kills a person". A serial killer (but not *serial murderer) is someone who has killed a number of people over a period of time, usually in the same fashion. An assassin, on the other hand, is someone who kills an important or famous person for money or political reasons.

In the next 80s song by Bananarama we can hear a few expressions related to the topic we are dealing with today.